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RVA Case Studies

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VAT I | VAT II | VAT III | Other Case Studies

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VAT I Workshop Case Studies

A GIS-Based Hazards Assessment for Georgetown County, South Carolina

A Probable Maximum Loss Study of Critical Infrastructure in Three Caribbean States – Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis

Community Vulnerability Assessment Methodology – New Hanover County, North Carolina

Comparative Vulnerability to Natural Disasters in the Caribbean

Dominica National School Vulnerability Reduction Plan

Evaluation of Erosion Hazards – United States Shoreline (Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes) (61 Kilobytes)

Hazard Assessment and Vulnerability Reduction Plan for Jeremie, Haiti

Human Safety and Regional Development: A Peruvian Experience

Impact of an Earthquake on the Infrastructure of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Implementation of the IDNDR-RADIUS Project in Latin America – Antofagasta, Guayaquil, Tijuana

Multi-Peril Loss Studies: A Comparative Approach to Assessing Vulnerability in the Caribbean

Natural Hazards Exposure Mapping in the United States

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Southwestern Indiana using HAZUS

Social Vulnerability Assessment in Mexico City and Los Angeles

The Vulnerability of the Energy Sector in Costa Rica

UC Berkeley Seismic Vulnerability Study – Berkeley, California

Understanding Urban Seismic Risk Around the World (105 Kilobytes)

Vulnerability Assessment Study of the Ecuadorian Agricultural Sector

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VAT II Workshop Case Studies

Vulnerability Assessment of a Port and Harbor Community to Earthquake-Tsunami Hazards

Coastal Vulnerability Assessment in Barbados

GIS-based Hazard Vulnerability Assessment of Critical Facilities, Antigua, and Barbuda

Application of a Statewide Multi-Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Model to Rhode Island

Rural Roads Vulnerability Reduction Assessment, Mitigation Measures, and Training

Hazard Vulnerability and Consequence Analysis: Building Sustainable Communities

Sustainable Development Planning for Eight Puerto Rico Municipalities

Methodology for Evaluating and Prioritizing Projects Related to Flood Mitigation Planning

A Web-Based Coastal Risk Atlas for Performing Community Vulnerability Assessments

Integrated Hazard Assessment for the Island of Puerto Rico

Creation of a Social Vulnerability Index

Evolution of Earthquake and Hurricane Risk Ranking in the United States

Vulnerability to Natural Hazards of School Buildings Used as Emergency Shelters

Hurricane Loss Estimates in Real-Time for the Caribbean Islands

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VAT III Workshop Case Studies

Integrating Vulnerability Assessments with Development Planning Efforts in the Caribbean

Hurricane Mitigation Study for GSA

Montserrat Integrated Vulnerability Analysis

National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise

A Real Time Application of the TAOS Model - Hurricane Luis 1995

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment for the Public Schools in Bogotá, Colombia

Sustainable Communities: Understanding Regional Hazards

Development of new mathematical models for assessment of damages in vulnerable communities affected for the action of natural hazards

A Portfolio Approach to Natural Hazard Mitigation Policy: Santa Cruz, CA

Use of CDCM-TAOS in the Vulnerability Assessment of Sea Defenses

Historic Assessment of the Socio-economic Vulnerability of United States Coastal Counties

Other Case Studies

Fright, Suffering and Development Planning

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